Ernst A A, Houry D, Weiss S J
Louisiana State University Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
Am J Emerg Med. 1997 May;15(3):268-70. doi: 10.1016/s0735-6757(97)90011-5.
The objective of this survey was to determine the percentage of unfunded studies published in the four major emergency medicine journals and to examine the sources in funded studies. This study was a retrospective survey of all issues of the four general emergency medicine journals in 1994. Funding was categorized as public national, private, international, institutional, or unfunded. The total funding and sources were recorded for each of the four journals. Confidence intervals (CIs) were determined to compare the percent of funded versus unfunded articles. Overall, significantly more of the emergency medicine articles in the four journals were unfunded (63% unfunded [95% CI = 56.7-69.1]; 37% funded [95% CI = 30.9-43.3]). The sources of funding for each of the journals varied, with most being private (45%). In conclusion unfunded research remains a major source of emergency medicine literature in the four main emergency medicine journals.
本次调查的目的是确定在四大急诊医学期刊上发表的无资助研究的比例，并研究有资助研究的资金来源。本研究是对1994年四大普通急诊医学期刊所有期次的回顾性调查。资金类别分为国家公共资金、私人资金、国际资金、机构资金或无资助。记录了这四种期刊各自的总资金和资金来源。确定了置信区间（CI）以比较有资助文章与无资助文章的百分比。总体而言，四大期刊中显著更多的急诊医学文章是无资助的（63%无资助[95%CI = 56.7 - 69.1]；37%有资助[95%CI = 30.9 - 43.3]）。各期刊的资金来源各不相同，大多数为私人资金（45%）。总之，无资助研究仍然是四大主要急诊医学期刊中急诊医学文献的主要来源。
